Ed's description is pretty spot on. I was very enthusiastic about the movie when I first saw the trailer. The visuals looked great, I liked the actors, and I was hoping this could be what the Rocketeer wasn't. The actual movie came across more like an Uwe Boll production. Surprisingly, it wasn't panned by the critics- got a 73% on Rottentomatoes. I don't think I could have been that forgiving had I been a reviewer. The visuals were good, and from what I've read some of the technology was ground breaking, but it was still a stinker.
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > > I saw it in the theater and remember it disappointing me. I remember > loving the special effects, the style and concepts of the movie but > was bored by the story. I remember it being almost there, like, so > close to being a good movie but not making it, like a itch in the > middle of your back that you can't quite reach to scratch. > I've thought about renting it again on the Netflix just to try giving > it another chance but keep remembering that I have, like, 100 other > movies I haven't seen in front of it I'd rather see. > > E > > On Jan 7, 1:04 am, [email protected] wrote: >> You are crazy, of course.? You wanted the Punisher in it using a >> naked-woman gun!? >> You don't know what storytelling is!? You're the buffalo!? You're the >> buffalo! >> >> Poor, little Ribisi.? Leave Ribisi alone! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ronald Methvin <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 12:59 am >> Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow >> >> It was kind of a kids' movie - an extremely, extremely boring kids movie.? >> It looked nice, and Jolie did as much with it as she could, but the plot was >> meh at best and storytelling was duuuuullllll.? I barely made it through the >> whole thing.? I think I even cranked up the DVD player on my computer to >> watch it 15% faster than reality (an awesome feature standalone DVD players >> should have) and it still drug on like a gimpy two legged buffalo.? Imagine >> Tomb Raider 2 if it was done in a stylized manner - that's how dull Sky >> Captian was. >> >> And Giovanni Ribisi sucked even more than Paltrow.? I wanted his annoying >> character to die every second he was on screen. >> >> ~Ron >> >> --- On Wed, 1/7/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Subject: [The Unique Geek] Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 12:30 AM >> >> Is freaking incredible!? Why wasn't it a big smash?? I loved it.? I took it >> out from the library to get some costume ideas and I was blown away! >> >> I mean Paltrow sucks, but Paltrow sucks in everything, but Jude Law was >> great (and he is not always) and Jolie is hardly in it but looks cool.? The >> dialog was hilarious, the design was great.? Just fun, like a sci-fi Mummy >> sorta.? Like a live-action Fleischer cartoon.? >> >> I read somewhere recently that Speed Racer was a bomb because they marketed >> it to adults.? Maybe that happed here too (becuase I don't think it did >> well).? It should have been advertised as a kid's movie, since that's really >> what it is, but a great one.? >> >> I'm really late to the party here.? How did the rest of you recieve it?? Or >> did you skip it?? I did, when it came out because I was burned out on the >> stars.? I think this will be revisited in a few years and come back as a >> matinee kids pic.? >> >> Super! >> >> Get a free MP3 every day with the Spinner.com Toolbar. Get it Now. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
